Sarga 70: Rama's Lineage
Rama Vamsha
The divine lineage and ancestry of Rama is narrated.
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तत्रैका तु महाभागा भार्गवं देववर्चसम्। ववन्दे पद्मपत्राक्षी काङ्क्षन्ती सुतमात्मन:
Meaning
'There the lotus-eyed queen, longing for a son, approached and paid homage to the radiant sage Chyavana.'
तमृषिं साऽभ्युपागम्य कालिंदी चाभ्यवादयत्। स तामभ्यवदद्विप्र: पुत्रेप्सुं पुत्रजन्मनि
Meaning
Kalindi bowed before the sage, and the Brahmin, knowing her desire for a son, spoke to her.
तव कुक्षौ महाभागे सुपुत्रस्सुमहाबल:
Meaning
He said: 'O blessed one, a son of great strength is growing in your womb.'
महावीर्यो महातेजा अचिरात्सञ्जनिष्यति। गरेण सहित श्श्रीमान् शुचः कमलेक्षणे
Meaning
'He will be born before long, endowed with valour and splendour, carrying the poison with him — grieve not, lotus-eyed one.'
च्यवनं तु नमस्कृत्य राजपुत्री पतिव्रता। पतिशोकातुरा तस्मात्पुत्रं देवी व्यजायत
Meaning
The chaste princess, still grieving the loss of her husband, bowed to Chyavana and in time gave birth to a son.
सपत्न्या तु गरस्तस्यै दत्तो गर्भजिघांसया। सह तेन गरेणैव जात: स सगरोऽभवत्
Meaning
Because her rival had given her poison (gara) hoping to destroy the unborn child, the boy who was born together with that poison came to be called Sagara.
सगरस्यासमञ्जस्तु असमञ्जात्तथांऽशुमान्। दिलीप्ॐऽशुमत: पुत्रो दिलीपस्य भगीरथ:
Meaning
Sagara's son was Asamanja; Asamanja's son was Anshuman; Anshuman's son was Dilipa; and Dilipa's son was Bhagiratha.
भगीरथात्ककुत्स्थश्च ककुत्स्थस्य रघुस्सुत:। रघोस्तु पुत्रस्तेजस्वी प्रवृद्ध: पुरुषादक:
Meaning
From Bhagiratha came Kakutstha, whose son was Raghu; and Raghu's own powerful son was Pravriddha.
कल्माषपादः हि अभवत् तस्मात्जातस्तु शङ्खण:। सुदर्शनश्शङ्खणस्याग्निवर्णस्सुदर्शनात्
Meaning
'Pravriddha became the man-eater Kalmashapada; from Shankana was born Sudarshana, and from Sudarshana, Agnivarna.'
शीघ्रगस्त्वग्निवर्णस्य शीघ्रगस्य मरुस्सुत:। मरोः प्रशुश्रुकस्त्वासीतम्बरीषः प्रशुश्रुकात्
Meaning
'Agnivarna's son was Shighraga; Shighraga's son was Maru; from Maru came Prashushruka, and from him, Ambarisha.'